4 Amendments of Patrizia TOIA related to 2022/2079(INI)
Amendment 81 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Welcomes the creation of an EU defence innovation scheme and the ongoing work with various tools relating to defence and new and dual-use technologies in order to help innovative start-ups and small and medium-sized enterprises overcome high technological, administrative, regulatory and market entry hurdles; calls on the Commission to encourage Member States, as the end users, to fully utilisintegrate cross-border innovation networks in their defence technology supply chains; underlines that these initiatives must aim at improving military capabilities and ensuring European technological non-dependence;
Amendment 112 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Emphasises that EU financed and co-financed innovation and development in critical and disruptive defence technologies should lead to a higher degree of interoperability and common procurement of defence equipment by Member States once the technologies developed have reached an appropriate technological readiness level; to this end it would be necessary to ensure greater harmonization and synergies between the various European research and innovation programmes; asks that the appropriate technological readiness level be defined by the Commission in cooperation with the Member States;
Amendment 124 #
12. Is concerned about the insufficient level of financing for defence from the EU funds; recalls the fact that the European Defence Fund budget was cut by approximately 40 % relative to the Commission’s proposal for the multiannual financial framework (MFF) 2021-2027 whilst such budget should instead be based on the industrial investment needs of the sector; calls on the Commission to explore existing funding schemes and alternatives to increase the funding for critical technologies for security and defence under the current MFF;
Amendment 131 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Emphasises the need for better dual use of existing civilian technologies and for cross-fertilization between civilian and military technologies, as well as dual-use innovation in the field of critical technologies for security and defence; stresses the need for better knowledge sharing networks for existing and new technologies so as to enable potential end users and investors to make better use of technologies already on the market or invest in high-potential emerging technologies;